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You want to have different choices when it comes to chords, also Maj7 chords. There is no need to play the same things all the time.

In this video, I am going to show you voicings and lines that demonstrate how you can use some other sounds on maj7th chords. Often we only focus on what to play on the V chord, but there are some really great sounds to explore when it comes to the good old (boring?) maj7 chord.

This will really help you add some more ideas and sounds to your vocabulary, whether you are using it for soloing, composing or arranging.

Content:

0:00 Intro0:37 You Need Maj7th chords for everything0:53 Example #1 – Maj7(13#5)1:02 Lydian Augmented with a Twist1:24 Understanding this Chord2:00 Creating the Voicing and using it2:28 Example #2 a line using this sound2:36 Stealing an idea from Rosenwinkel2:57 A great Triad Pair3:21 Example #3 – Maj7(#9#11) 3:30 Modern Jazz or is it?3:55 The Maj7(#9#11) – A polychord4:05 Constructing the Chord Voicing4:32 The Chord Progression4:54 Example #4 – Placing it in a Scale5:03 Assigning a Scale to the Chord5:17 Using the Poly-Chord as a triad pair6:14 Example #5 – Synthetic Maj7th Chords: Maj7(#5#9)6:24 Augmented Scale Chords6:41 The Chord and the Progression7:07 Chord Voicing and interpretation7:16 Example #6 – 7:24 A Basic II V resolving to a weird I chord7:50 The 3 Magic Triads in the Augmented Scale8:17 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page!

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Maj7 Chords are one of the most important tonic chord types. This video will show you 7 different ideas that you can use when improvising over Maj7 chords. The concepts I cover are using different arpeggio types, triad pairs and super-imposed pentatonic scales both common and more exotic.